Still missing on WTKK. Still missing on WTKK.There was this chatter in today's Boston Herald gossip column:
Yakker’s empty words
WTKK's Jay Severin was caught embellishing his resume yet again. Severin, who claimed – falsely – to have won a Pulitzer Prize and who allowed himself to be introduced – falsely – as a graduate of Harvard Law School also claimed – falsely – to have a master's degree from Boston University.
Barry Nolan, CN8's roving reporter, said he brought the latest Severin subterfuge to the attention of Jay's agent, George Tobia, who told him that Jay ''skipped the graduation ceremony but remembers getting his diploma in the mail.''
Oh, that's rich!
''Then he told me that I was right, Jay had no master's. He said Jay had never turned in his thesis, even though he thought he had,'' Nolan told the Track. ''I told him that I found that rather hard to believe because everyone knows that the minute you hand in that thesis you do a Funky Chicken down Commonwealth Avenue, run to the bar and buy everyone a round of margaritas!''
Severin just inked a deal with Infinity Broadcasting to be syndicated in 10 markets beginning in January. A press release announcing the deal on Infinity's Web site originally reported the non-existent master's degree from BU. An updated version reports only that Jay is a graduate of Vassar College.
Vassar once only educated women. But as far as we know, Jay has never claimed to be one of those.